Cognitive Outline

Camille Lattimore

Cognition

Outline

Feb. 7, 2005

In society we use many different devices to aid us with our everyday learning. We have come to know these devices to be educational technologies. This paper will focus on educational technologies and the impact that it has on our everyday society.

Key points:

* I will address the question of what educational technology is. I will also be talking about what the different uses for educational technologies are.

* Within my paper I will be discussing the recent and not so recent research for educational technologies.

* I will also be discussing the difference between educational technology and technology in education and what makes these two things different.

* I will also be addressing some important accomplishments that have been made in educational technologies.

* I will discuss the connection between cognitive learning and educational technologies.

Vol. 11, No. 1, 2003

The Digital Divide (DD): A Reconceptualization for Educators

Vernon Harper

California State University, San Bernardino, CA USA

vharper@csusb.edu

The author attempts to elaborate upon the popularized notion of the digital divide (DD). Previously, the DD has been defined as a lack of access to information technology for specific groups. This "access DD," in the opinion of the author, is an incorrect conceptualization for educators. The author then explains why educators must redirect their attention and resources to solve the more nebulous "social DD."

The notion of a digital divide (DD) has inspired the activity of government, business, and academia. Each of these communities carries differing sets of means, motives, and responsibilities; however, they generally agree that the DD must be bridged. The phrase "digital divide" is actually a distilled label for a relationship between the information haves and have-nots. As a metaphor, the phrase works well. Meaning that, the word "divide" signifies an information barrier between different groups. However, the problem with the metaphor is that it focuses too much attention upon the divide as opposed to the divided. Gilmore (2000) explained candidly, "lets stop pretending that we've solved all that much when we run some wiring through the crumbling walls of a public school...all we've done is install hardware, the easy part of the job." As currently conceptualized, the DD is a hardware problem. A problem solved when the barriers to access are removed. In contrast, a "social DD" incorporates the social, cognitive, and communicative barriers proven to affect technology perception and use. It is the aim of this essay to re-conceptualize the DD for educators away from a simple lack of access and toward the social, cognitive, and communicative factors that truly divide groups.

Telecommunications as a Context for Supporting Science Teachers Implementing Technology in the Classroom

Eric Plotnick. Educational Technology, Research and Development. Washington: 2004.Vol. 52, Iss. 4; pg. 118, 2 pgs

Author(s): Eric Plotnick

Document types: General Information

Publication title: Educational Technology, Research and Development. Washington: 2004. Vol. 52, Iss. 4; pg. 118, 2 pgs

Source type: Periodical

ISSN/ISBN: 10421629

ProQuest document ID: 786054611

Text Word Count 215

Document URL: http://proquest.umi.com/pqdlink?did=786054611&sid=1&Fmt=3&cl ientId=15107&RQT=309&VName=PQD

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Implementing Technology in the Classroom

Telecommunications as a Context for Supporting Science Teachers Implementing Technology in the Classroom. Mary E. Hatton and Gerald Abegg. 1999. 20 pp.

This study documents the type of support and professional growth science teachers gained as they implemented technologies from summer institutes. Teachers and staff maintained communication after the program through a telecommunications network. This study involved 91 high school science teachers from across the country who participated in an NSF funded science program. A two week institute introduced content about "patterns in nature," an interdisciplinary approach to science, with an emphasis on various technologies: computer simulations, data collection and analysis software, alternative assessment programs (Audet, et al., 1996); and understanding the role of telecommunications in the teaching of science. Teachers interacted with program staff and fellow participants prior to and following the workshop through a commercial telecommunications network. Teachers most frequently initiated topics relating to technology. Observations from teacher dialogue indicated that teachers required individual staff support through email, but also engaged in sharing technology resources and classroom experiences with colleagues and staff, and reflected about their teaching in public areas of the network. This telecommunications network created a professional context comparable to collegial environments and other current models of professional development. Available from ERIC as ED 479 363.

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